NEW Energy Solar has agreed to acquire the 55.9MW Manildra Solar Farm, in Central West, New South Wales, from a subsidiary of First Solar for AU$113 million.
Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has supplied 275.4MW of high efficiency modules to a solar project in South Australia owned by a joint venture between Enel Green Power and Dutch Infrastructure Fund.
Spanish PV inverter manufacturer Ingeteam is supplying its ‘INGECON SUN’ PowerMax B series 1500 Vdc central inverters to five large Australian solar power plants, totalling 620MW.
Energy Networks Australia (ENA) has pushed for a more consistent approach to grid connections of solar PV and battery storage by issuing a set of guidelines.
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced US$23.8 million in funding for the next phase of the US$44.6 million Solar Energy Transformation Program (SETuP) project.
Neoen closes finance for 51MW Jamaica solar park, Enel starts production at Australia’s largest Solar PV Project, Vikram Solar commissions 10MW solar project in Madhya Pradesh.
Queensland is currently the leading Australian state for large-scale solar development and is pushing the country towards another record year, according to Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton.
A council in the Australian state of Queensland has confirmed receipt of a planning application for a 1.5GW solar farm, with provision for battery energy storage, from Sunshine Energy Australia.
Solar hydropanels that can produce clean drinking water from the air alone, using a combination of solar PV with solar thermal technology, are to be trialled across Australia.
Australia's National Energy Guarantee (NEG), which has been waived through for a final decision in August, would significantly harm the country's large-scale renewables pipeline, with just 1.5GW expected to be completed by 2025 despite the current 16GW pipeline, according to the head of the country’s solar and storage council.
